Ukrainian forces are being bombarded by heavy Russian attacks in the north of the country around the now destroyed city of Bakhmut, the military leadership said on Monday evening. “The situation is extremely tense and characterized by intense fire from artillery, mortars and combat drones, as well as assault operations by the enemy,” the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army troops, Oleksandr Syrskyi, wrote on his Telegram channel. He said he had coordinated the further defence with the brigade commanders on the ground. Ukraine’s military has been on the defensive in eastern Ukraine for mon…